Alpine: multiple elfutils packages, multiple libelf packages: security update to 0.168-r1 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400581

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in
elfutils through v0.174. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application
crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by consider_notes. (CVE-2018-18310)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=40635ea8bac5ac0c8b8f25bbd78c06f6c81eb9ae

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e6866032366ba749f1255724e6ef1114058e9390

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400581

Version: Revision 1.22

Type: Local

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 1/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18310

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18310